Dear Colleagues, Please circulate to all parties with a commercial and professional interest in competence development.. Thanks for your help Chris Kew TENCompetence Dissemination Officer (www.tencompetence.org) Institute for Educational Cybernetics University of Bolton Deane Road Bolton BL3 5AB Tel: 00 44 (0)1204 903561 Fax: 00 44 (0)1204 399074 The TENCompetence project is hosting a one day open workshop: Learning and Competence Development in Europe for tomorrow and beyond - Sestri Levante, Italy - July 16th At a time of increasing economic insecurity and the emergence of a knowledge society comes the need for employees and individuals to continuously develop and extend their knowledge and skills set regardless of age, social status or situation. Effective support for individual learners, teams and organizations in their pursuit of competence development is key to retaining a competitive edge. The TENCompetence project has responded to the need to facilitate professional lifelong learning and competence development through the design and development of an organizational and technical infrastructure. The rationale, implementation and use of the TENCompetence infrastructure will form the focus of a one-day event in in Sestri Levante, Italy on 16th July 2009. The workshop will combine an insight into the sate of the art of competence development, stimulating discussion and accounts of pilot user experiences with the TENCompetence software. The event is hosted by Italian e-learning company Giunti Labs (http://www.giuntilabs.com/) and will take place on 16th July 10.00am - 5pm at Hotel Grande Albergo Via Vittorio Veneto 2 16039 - Sestri Levante ( Ge ) - Italy Participation is free of charge. Who should attend this workshop? This workshop will be of particular interest to HR professionals and consultants, employment specialists, skills development agencies and anyone with a working interest in professional competence development. Click here for the agenda <http://www.tencompetence.org/node/202> Click here for directions and travel <http://www.tencompetence.org/Sestri/TENC_Meeting_SestriLevante_Practica l_Info-1.pdf> To register: http://surf.eccoo.rug.nl/sis/en/771/registration